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OCDE NEWSROOM
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OC Supt. Mijares honored for role in promoting college attainment |
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Orange County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Al Mijares was among a group of educators and philanthropists honored by the Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund for helping increase the number of students on their path to college.
Mijares received the group’s “Apple of Gold for Excellence in Education” award for his work over the years in helping support college readiness and success for scores of Orange County students.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/oc-supt-mijares-honored-for-role-in-promoting-college-attainment/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Anaheim Union High School District puts $398 million bond measure on March ballot |
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Even before completing $249 million in school upgrades that started five years ago, Anaheim Union High School District officials say there’s plenty more work to be done to bring buildings and classrooms up to snuff. That’s why they’ll be asking voters in March to approve a $398 million bond measure. It would raise money through the sale of bonds to further chip away at facilities needs at 19 campuses that were estimated at $1.2 billion in 2014.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/11/11/anaheim-union-high-school-district-puts-398-million-bond-measure-on-march-ballot/ |
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Laguna Beach teen who died after crash on Laguna Canyon Road remembered by friends and community |
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Jasmen Wilkinson was the girl who made everyone around her happy. Now friends at Laguna Beach High School are mourning her death. “She would never let her friends be sad and she was always there for people,” said Benji Jenkins, 14, who was among one of her closest friends. “I will probably remember her laugh the most. She was always laughing, and her laugh was like medicine. It always made me feel better.”
Jasmen, 14, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, following a car crash on Laguna Canyon Road the previous day.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/11/08/laguna-beach-teen-who-died-after-crash-on-laguna-canyon-road-remembered-by-friends-and-community/ |
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USA TODAY
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Many youths say a high school diploma is enough to succeed, poll shows. Experts are alarmed |
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Although most young Americans believe in the value of higher education, many still consider a high school diploma alone to be enough for success, according to a survey of teens and young adults by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The findings alarm some experts who say young Americans don’t seem to be getting the message that college pays off. Federal labor data shows a wide earnings gap between Americans who do and do not have a college degree, and unemployment rates are far lower for those with a bachelor’s or master’s degree.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/11/12/high-school-diploma-vs-college-degree-what-young-americans-value/2573037001/ |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Bay Area students and teachers rally for school funding and Prop 13 reform |
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Youth activists, who since 2018 have been flexing their political muscle with rallies against gun violence and for action on climate change, took on a new cause Saturday morning in the Bay Area: a partial repeal of Proposition 13.
In rallies and marches in San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco, student activists and teachers announced their support for a ballot initiative called Schools and Communities First that would weaken Proposition 13 by removing caps on business property taxes. Property taxes limits on homes would remain.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/09/bay-area-students-and-teachers-rally-for-school-funding-and-prop-13-reform/ |
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KPCC
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DACA Is Going Before The Supreme Court, And People Are Scared |
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Rosa Barrientos says during her senior year of high school she used to hide in the restrooms with a select group of friends to talk about their college options.
"We huddled where nobody could hear us so we can talk about what it was like to be undocumented," she says. That, and driving. Other kids were getting their licenses. Barrientos kept catching rides. "When people asked me, 'Why don't you have your driver's license?' I [told] them, 'I don't want to learn how to drive.' But the truth was that I was undocumented."
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https://laist.com/2019/11/12/daca_is_going_before_the_supreme_court_and_people_are_scared.php |
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NPR
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Experts Worry Active Shooter Drills In Schools Could Be Traumatic For Students |
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A regular drumbeat of mass shootings in the U.S., both inside schools and out, has ramped up pressure on education and law enforcement officials to do all they can to prevent the next attack. Close to all public schools in the U.S. conducted some kind of lockdown drill in 2015-2016, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. But many experts and parents are asking if the drills, some complete with simulated gunfire, are doing more harm than good.
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https://www.npr.org/2019/11/10/778015261/experts-worry-active-shooter-drills-in-schools-could-be-traumatic-for-students |
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